“You hear people say ‘here’s the problem with healthcare…’ there’s no one problem. No one in this room would say we have a great healthcare system here in the US, because we don’t.” With that powerful statement, Allina Health | Aetna CEO Tom Lindquist ensured that the first session after lunch at MedCity INVEST Digital […]
UnitedHealth to buy health-payment business Equian for $3.2B, WSJ says Dutch health care giant to move into One Discovery Square Murata Vios, Inc. Announces FDA Clearance for Second Generation Wireless Monitoring Platform Zoll acquires TherOx Colorado’s Ski Towns Could Fix the High Cost of American Health Care FTC puts limit on $4.3 billion clinic deal […]
Bringing together attendees from more than 20 countries and a dozen states, the International Business Innovation Association (InBIA) held their 33rd Annual Meeting in Minnesota this year, highlighting the state’s rapidly growing tech startup industry. InBIA is an international association for incubators, accelerators, and other organizations that support innovation ecosystems; they bring people from academia, […]
3M buying Acelity in deal worth $6.7B Medtronic wins FDA approval for CareLink SmartSync CRM device manager Biotech firm Miromatrix Receives KidneyX Redesign Dialysis Phase I award NIH taps StemoniX’s organ-on-a-chip for opioid, addiction research Report: Takeda adopts value-based pricing for Crohn’s stem cell therapy in Europe Med-tech firm NeoChord adds $7M to earlier $25M […]
Minnesota Legislature Begins Passing Budget Bills; Update on Medical Alley Association 2019 State Legislative Agenda Following their “spring break,” legislators are gearing up for a critical stretch of this session: ten days of budget bills. Starting today, the House and Senate will begin consideration of their respective omnibus finance bills. Each of these bills funds […]
Forging a new path for health care Immigration to US Westernizes Asian guts Lancaster-based Smart Health Innovation Lab’s 3rd client, OneOme, has Mayo Clinic ties FDA approves new indication for valve repair device to treat certain heart failure patients with mitral regurgitation Boston Scientific wins CE Mark for Watchman FLX anti-stroke implant POPS! Diabetes Care […]